Re: Brexit
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 8:20 am
Squinty wrote:http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42733778
That lovely EU. I guess they aren't an evil dictatorship after all.
Squinty wrote:http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42733778
That lovely EU. I guess they aren't an evil dictatorship after all.
Squinty wrote:http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42733778
That lovely EU. I guess they aren't an evil dictatorship after all.
Lagamorph wrote:We send £350million a week to Europe.
Let's spend it on a bridge to Europe instead.
Peter Crisp wrote:Lagamorph wrote:We send £350million a week to Europe.
Let's spend it on a bridge to Europe instead.
This is slightly different as it would involve thousands of people on both sides and loads of work for suppliers.
Moggy wrote:Peter Crisp wrote:Lagamorph wrote:We send £350million a week to Europe.
Let's spend it on a bridge to Europe instead.
This is slightly different as it would involve thousands of people on both sides and loads of work for suppliers.
Whereas healthcare doesn’t involve thousands of people or work for the suppliers?
Peter Crisp wrote:Moggy wrote:Peter Crisp wrote:Lagamorph wrote:We send £350million a week to Europe.
Let's spend it on a bridge to Europe instead.
This is slightly different as it would involve thousands of people on both sides and loads of work for suppliers.
Whereas healthcare doesn’t involve thousands of people or work for the suppliers?
This could be a topic in itself but if I were in charge of the £350m a week I'd spend it mainly on infrastructure projects in the UK.
The North desperately needs better train and tram services and we also need more east to west routes. I'd fund HS3 and crossrail 2 and start a competition for cities to set-up new tram routes. I'd also fund an extension to the Glasgow underground.
I'd keep some money back (about 10% or £35m a week) to fund more public sports venues like Swimming pools with gym + sports hall and buy new school sports equipment.
I'd spend 5% or £17 on the NHS but the vast majority would be on things like solar panels and power banks so the NHS could save money in the future.
I'd lastly keep 5% or £17m (on top of what we're already paying to use them) a week to pay for the rather expensive UK tanker transports to get them back into full public ownership.
I feel this would create many new jobs while encouraging a healthy lifestyle and eventually when the tankers are paid for save a rather large chunk of change in interest and ongoing payments.
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Moggy wrote:I’ve got bad news for you, the £350 million doesn’t exist.
Peter Crisp wrote:Lagamorph wrote:We send £350million a week to Europe.
Let's spend it on a bridge to Europe instead.
This is slightly different as it would involve thousands of people on both sides and loads of work for suppliers.
captain red dog wrote:Economic growth in 2018 could dwarf any Brexit hit according to one Remainer:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42769090
Sceptical myself as economic predictions seem sketchy either way.
But he argued that far from "changing his mind" on the economic effects of Brexit, the question now for the UK was how much better the country could be doing without the uncertainty over its relationship with the European Union.
Squinty wrote:I hope it does cancel out any negative impact. We might have a bit of luck this year.
Moggy wrote:captain red dog wrote:Economic growth in 2018 could dwarf any Brexit hit according to one Remainer:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42769090
Sceptical myself as economic predictions seem sketchy either way.
You’ve missed out that he said it is because the rest of the world is doing better than expected and also this crucial paragraph:But he argued that far from "changing his mind" on the economic effects of Brexit, the question now for the UK was how much better the country could be doing without the uncertainty over its relationship with the European Union.
captain red dog wrote:Moggy wrote:captain red dog wrote:Economic growth in 2018 could dwarf any Brexit hit according to one Remainer:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42769090
Sceptical myself as economic predictions seem sketchy either way.
You’ve missed out that he said it is because the rest of the world is doing better than expected and also this crucial paragraph:But he argued that far from "changing his mind" on the economic effects of Brexit, the question now for the UK was how much better the country could be doing without the uncertainty over its relationship with the European Union.
Right, but that's a significant change in tone from the remain side. Until now we have been told that Brexit will be an absolute disaster. Now its a case of "well, we'd be doing slightly better in the EU".
For the record though, I don't personally put much stock in that report as economic predictions are a risky business.